Anchor for ground supports



Nov. 20, 1945.

J. B. HYDE ANCHOR FOR GROUND SUPPORTS Filed Sept. 5, 1942 XNVENTOR JOHNB. 0

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Patented Nov. 20, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,389,149 ANCHOR FORGROUND SUPPORTS John B. Hyde, Great Neck, N. Y.

Application September 5, 1942, Serial No. 457,469

1 Claim.

This invention relates to anchors for ground supports.

This application is a continuation in part of my copending applicationSerial No. 232,329, filed September 29, 1938, entitled Animal tether,now Patent No. 2,295,581, issued September 15, 1942.

Preferred embodiments of my present invention are specifically directedto anchors for various purposes, such as machine gun assemblies andother war devices and assemblies, and also for flag poles, fence posts,Christmas trees, poles for tennis, badminton, volley ball nets and forclothes lines and the like, for street, golf, traffic markers and thelike, and other like objects requiring ground anchorage,

An object of the invention is to provide efficient anchorage meansaffording secure footing in the ground or like for machine gunassemblies and like equipment and other devices.

An object of the invention is to provide anchoring means which may bespeedily and securely positioned in the ground or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide such anchoring means which issimple in assembly, light in weight, adapted to be positioned in theground by ordinary tools, and also possessing the attribute of beingreadily and quickly removable.

Further features and objects of the invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following detail description and the accompanyingdrawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View, partly in section, of atwo section embodiment of the invention, i1- lustrated in mutuallyjoined position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the invention,partly broken away to illustrate their mutual joining arrangement.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Fig. 1, the two sections20, 20 of the illustrated emobdiment are of suitable material molded orotherwise shaped into a general semi-circular or other suitable arcuateconfiguration, and having a reverse bend at substantially its centralportion 2|, so that when the two sections 20, 20 are placed in opposedposition, and driven edgewise in the ground, their reverse bends 2|, 2|,face one another to form a collar. Such collar 2|, 2|, is adapted toreceive a stake or post 22, of an animal tether or to receive the postof a machine gun assembly or the like.

The anchor sections are preferably fabricated of metal, such as iron,steel or the like, and are of suitable thickness to insure sufi'icientstrength and yet afford ready edgewise insertion into the ground, as bythe use of a mallet or oth'er simple To facilitate entry and position inthe ground, the edges of the sections may be tapered.

Th anchor sections are assembled in the ground in opposed position andin mutually engaging relation by means of opposedly related and mutuallyengaging notches 28, 29. It will be observed that each section has itsnotch 28 extending from one edge at one side of its central bend and itsother notch 29 extending from its opposite edge at the opposite side ofits central bend.

In Fig. 2 is illustrated an assembly comprising two substantiallys-shaped sections 2|] and 2|! provided at their central portions withmating, opposedly extending bends 2| of arcuate substantiallyhemi-circular shape forming a socket for a post, pile, or the like. Theassembly is of substantially propeller configuration and the S-shapedmembers 2|! and 20 are crossed at a single point adjacent the socketformed by the bends 2|. The S-shaped members are provided at theirpoints of crossing with interfitting grooves or recesses 28 and 29 whichinterlock the crossed S-shaped members adjacent said central socket.

At a point adjacent said socket and diametrically opposite said point ofcrossing, the members are arranged in abutting engagement and the pairof curved arms of each of the S-shaped sections are diagonally disposedwith relation to each other and form with the arms of the other sectionsaid propeller formation.

As appears from the foregoing, my invention in its variant formsprovides an anchorage particularly applicable to be readily and speedilydriven into the ground or equivalent, composed of parts or sections ofsubstantially rigid strap material such as metal, each part or sectionbeing of arcuate formation to provide blade-like arms, the parts orsections being arranged to be mutually coordinated preferably byopposedly related and mutually engaging notches formed in the respectivearms, to form a rigid anchorage.

I claim:

An anchoring device arranged to be driven into the ground or the likecomprising two substantially S-shaped sections provided at their centralportions with mating, opposedly extending bends forming a centralsocket, said members being crossed at a single point adjacent saidcentral socket and arranged in side by side abutting relation adjacentthe socket at a point diametrically opposite said point of crossing,each of said sections forming a pair of curved arms arranged diagonallywith relation to each other and the arms of the two sections providing apropellerlike formation.

JOHN B. HYDE.

